Avoid Toxic Ingredients By Miriam Levin Summary

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Many people while shopping do not pay attention to what they are actually buying. Many people see something in the store and put it in their buggy without checking the ingredient list. In “How to Read Food Labels and Avoid Toxic Ingredients” Miriam Levin gives us a list of ingredients and chemicals to watch out for while we are out shopping. Avoiding toxic ingredients is very simple. In order to avoid these ingredients, you need to look at the Nutrition Facts label, learn more about the company you are buying from, and learn more about what pesticides are being used on your food.
The most simple way to avoid toxic ingredients is to look at the Nutrition Facts label. The
Nutrition Facts on a package of food will tell you the serving size, the total calorie count, the
ingredients, and the percent Daily Values. From looking at the label you can learn how many
carbohydrates, trans fat, saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, fibers, and sugars are in the food.
Nutrition Fact labels sometimes do not have all of the chemicals used in the food listed. Levin
writes, “There are preservatives that do not have to be listed.” This means that there still
might be harmful chemicals in the food you are eating. Checking the ingredient list is …show more content…

Most big corporations only want to make money and sell a product; they do not care about what is going into their products. You may think a big brand you buy from is trustworthy, but you never really know for sure. In order to know what is actually going into your food, you need to research what chemicals the company is using if they’ve ever been in a big scandal when it comes to chemicals, and where the ingredients in the food are being farmed or raised. The company that makes the food you are putting into your body have the most power when it comes to putting toxic ingredients into your food, so you should always be cautious of

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